CVE-2012-6303

Snack Sound Toolkit - Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GetWavHeader

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2012-6303. PoCs published by Jean Pascal Pereira.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit generates a malformed WAV file that triggers a memory corruption vulnerability in WaveSurfer 1.8.8p4, leading to a denial-of-service (DoS) condition. The crafted file contains invalid data structures that cause the application to crash upon parsing.

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the GetWavHeader function in generic/jkSoundFile.c in the Snack Sound Toolkit, as used in WaveSurfer 1.8.8p4, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large chunk size in a WAV file.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Jean Pascal Pereira · pythondoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19772

This exploit generates a malformed WAV file that triggers a memory corruption vulnerability in WaveSurfer 1.8.8p4, leading to a denial-of-service (DoS) condition. The crafted file contains invalid data structures that cause the application to crash upon parsing.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: WaveSurfer 1.8.8p4
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Ability to deliver a crafted WAV file to the target system
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/49889
Exploit, VDB Entry exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19772
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-04.xml
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/10/2
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00034.html
Broken Link vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:126

Scores

EPSS 0.1024
EPSS Percentile 95.1%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (4)
kth/snack_sound_toolkit 2.2.10
kth/wavesurfer 1.8.8 p4
opensuse/opensuse 13.1
opensuse/opensuse 13.2
Published Oct 28, 2013
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026